we were one of the first states to put in a way of handling long-term care for asthmatics, diabetes, et cetera. we had to wait to get a waiver from washington. we should have been able to hit the ground running. >> cms waiver program in tennessee. look what it does. it blocks your legislature from being creative in finding solutions. and what our states, what our governors, are saying is, look, we have the ability to do a better job of finding solutions, in solving these problems on a long-term basis. >> don't you need some sort of baseline or foundation, national standard? so you have to guarantee that the states at least deliver a certain amount -- >> we can still do that. >> and a certain degree of improvisation. >> you could do that. >> of course, senator alexander from tennessee is saying give all of medicaid to the federal government and give all of education back to the states. and so i think our states are looking for innovative ways to solve some of these funding solutions. >> marsha, is your governor taking the additional medicaid funds? >> no. >> he's not. boy, that's a hu